Race the Sun is a 1996 comedy-drama movie starring Halle Berry and James Belushi. The plot is loosely based on the true story of the Konawaena High School Solar Car Team, which finished 18th in the 1990 World Solar Challenge and first place among high school entries. A new science teacher at Kona Pali High School in Hawaii pushes a group of students widely considered to be losers by their peers to come up with an ambitious science project. The students comes up with the idea of building a solar-powered car to enter into a race being held locally. With a combination of design vision,... mechanical skills, knowledge of batteries, and lightweight drivers, the students design and build a solar-powered car they dub "Cockroach." Their team manages to edge out a corporate sponsored team to win the local Big Island competition by correctly predicting cloudy weather based on the surfing experience of the student captain, Daniel . Cloudy weather would make their vehicle's battery capacity a more important factor than its weight. With the shop teacher as chaperone , the students travel to Australia to compete in the World Solar Challenge.
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| Release date: | 1996 |
| Directed by: | Charles T. Kanganis |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 82 Minutes |
| Producer: | Richard Heus, Barry Morrow |
| Screenplay by: | Barry Morrow |
| Genre: | Comedy |